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Teen Drivers: CDC
Activities
Programs
Underway
CDC monitors trends in motor vehicle–related injuries among
teenagers and conducts and supports research to understand risk
factors for this age group.
Examining parents’ influence on teen driving behavior:
CDC is collaborating with the National Institutes of Health to study
the effect of parents’ actions on their teenagers’ driving
behavior and motor vehicle crashes. Findings will help answer
important questions such as whether setting clear driving
expectations, supervising teenagers’ driving, limiting driving in
high-risk conditions, and penalizing unsafe driving result in fewer
risky driving behaviors, fewer traffic violations, and most important,
fewer crashes among teenagers.
Accomplishments
Trends in teen drunk-driving behavior:
Between 1991 and 1997, teens’ drinking and driving behavior did not
change appreciably, CDC researchers found. Consistently, more than
one-third of students reported that in the past month, they had ridden
with a driver who had been drinking alcohol. One in six had driven
after drinking alcohol. These findings, from CDC’s 1991, 1993, 1995,
and 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, point to a need for stronger
incentives to prevent teen drinking and driving.
Everett SA, Shults RA, Barrios LC, Sacks JJ, Lowry R, Oeltmann J.
Trends and subgroup differences in transportation-related risk and
safety behaviors among high school students, 1991–1997. Journal of
Adolescent Health 2001;28:228–34.
CDC Publications
Hedlund J, Shults RA, Compton R. What we know, what we don't know, and what we need to know about graduated driver licensing.
Journal of Safety Research 2003;34:107-15.
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